Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....

[slack ma girdle]

@David Humphries

A tiny bit of geotropism

[Paul in the woods]

Something slimy, on an old hazel in my woodland. They are a little bit greener in real life.

[David Humphries]

On 05/02/2024 at 20:33, CTTree said:

Evening all 

I was hoping someone could be kind enough to offer some opinions on ID? 

The top pair I believe to be some sort of Fomes but am struggling? 

The middle pair are located on an oak, with fruiting bodies much of the way round the butt, all coming out from in between the buttresses. Does the location indicate decay of the butt/ lower stem heartwood and a lack of in the buttresses? Perhaps Ganoderma adspersum? 

The bottom I believe are Flammulina velutipes, I just thought they looked nice so would share them. 

Top are Ganoderma species, middle may be old Psuedoinonotus dryadeus and yes would agree on Flammulina species. 

[David Humphries]

2 hours ago, Paul in the woods said:

Something slimy, on an old hazel in my woodland. They are a little bit greener in real life.

Look like one of the Stemonitis slime molds. 

[Paul in the woods]

27 minutes ago, David Humphries said:

Look like one of the Stemonitis slime molds. 

Yes, that matches up, thanks. Photo was taken yesterday and today it's a dark brown/black.

[woody paul]

Found this today, Scarlet cup. 

Edited February 26 by woody paul

[CTTree]

On 15/02/2024 at 18:27, David Humphries said:

Top are Ganoderma species, middle may be old Psuedoinonotus dryadeus and yes would agree on Flammulina species. 

 

Thank you David, looking at Psuedoinonotus dryadeus that makes sense with the form and location. I've got a few trees on my radar with old fruiting bodies like that, hopefully by keeping an eye on them I'll get to see a fresh one at some point. I appreciate the pointers 👍

[skc101fc]

A nice bowl of cleaned Morel's ready to be dusted with seasoned flour and fried in butter.

Can be gritty if not cleaned thoroughly, and slugs love hiding in them. But gorgeousand highly prized. Not telling anyone my source!

[skc101fc]

It got better.... wife returned back from shops with a couple of fine rib eyes for supper, so I saved half the morels, then dry fried with the steaks.  Wow, what a  tasty double protein punch of a meal. Unfortunately the morel season seems to be quite short. This is the second time I've found them growing out of woodchip. 😋😋

 

[slack ma girdle]

Is this fung?